Exporters create jobs, pay more and enjoy more success than non-exporters

Exporters create jobs, pay more and enjoy more success than non-exporters

Article published - 1 March, 2017

Australian exporters produce more goods and services, employ more workers on higher wages, invest more capital and have a higher probability of long-term success than non-exporters, a recently released Federal Government study has found.

Exporters on average employ 24 per cent more people, who are 13 per cent more productive and get 11.5 per cent higher wages compared to non-exporters. Exporters also commit 7 per cent more to capital expenditure.

Other key findings from the study:

Over a third of Australia’s exporters are concentrated in four industries: mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade and information media and telecommunications

Exporters grow faster than non-exporters in the lead up to foreign market entry but this growth difference diminishes in a few years